Chapter 991 - 740: Give It to Her_3
This doesn’t look like the suppression he spoke of!
"I’m sorry, Tangtang..." Lu Xiao tried hard to maintain control, attempting to help her up, but he was in so much pain that his body could hardly muster any strength.
It was Shen Tang who quickly supported him to stand up, noticing he was drenched in cold sweat, almost to the point of soaking through his back.
"Haven’t you taken ’Return Nest’? You clearly improved in the palace, why has it suddenly become more severe?"
"I didn’t take ’Return Nest’, I lied to him about that."
Lu Xiao’s voice was hoarse and weak, his chest heaving violently, as if every word was a struggle, as if walking on the edge of a knife.
Shen Tang was stunned, "How could this happen?"
Only now did she realize that Lu Xiao’s appearance in the palace was completely faked!
Oh my God.
She even believed that he was really okay.
He not only fooled them but almost deceived Mo Yan too.
But Lu Xiao was in such severe pain, yet he didn’t show it at all; how much of this endurance was painstaking, how strong his self-control must be—Shen Tang felt somewhat terrified!
"But-But didn’t you clearly get ’Return Nest’? Why is it still like this?" Shen Tang asked in confusion. She was sure that the ’Return Nest’ Lu Xiao took out in the palace was real because it emitted a very strange and peculiar energy fluctuation that even the System couldn’t decipher its components.
"That was also a trick I played on Mo Yan." Lu Xiao shook his head, opened his hand and took out the small bottle of Return Nest, "It’s real, but I didn’t steal it from Mo Yan."
Return Nest is fundamental to the Horned Eagle Clan; there’s no way outsiders can obtain it easily. Mo Yan’s thoughts are extremely heavy and cautious, and even though Lu Xiao has been lurking for so long, he never found out where Mo Yan stored Return Nest.
"This vial of Return Nest was originally given to me by him."
Lu Xiao had been by Mo Yan’s side for so long; after the first passive injection of Return Nest, he personally injected it in front of the Big Boss the second time.
So by the third time, Mo Yan relaxed his guard and simply handed Return Nest to him.
Lu Xiao also came up with an excuse to leave midway at that time.
Thus, the Return Nest that was supposed to be injected the third time was kept by him privately.
Therefore, in the following period, the Return Nest in Lu Xiao’s body has erupted numerous times, and he has been enduring it, forcibly extending the time of each confrontation while preserving a vial of Return Nest for emergencies.
Such as today’s sudden situation.
With this vial of Return Nest, if he really reaches the brink of endurance, he could hold on for at most another month.
Shen Tang was so heartbroken that she was on the verge of tears, especially looking at the man’s pale face and the blood at the corner of his mouth, her heart was aching terribly.
Shen Tang reached out to gently wipe the blood at the corner of his mouth, hugging him into her arms, trying to transmit healing ability to him, hoping to make him feel a little bit better.
But unfortunately, Return Nest is very peculiar, it’s not a poison, but merely induces an addictive, mesmerizing craving deep into the bones, impossible to suppress.
And when this craving is unmet, the body instinctively yearns.
The deeper the yearning, the more unmet, the more pain is felt.
Though initially, this pain is a mesmerizing illusion targeting nerves, not substantial, more like the nerves deceiving the body with illusory pain. But prolonged lack of timely relief also impacts the actual body, causing substantial damage, rivaling real physical harm, even more unbearable.
Shen Tang’s healing ability can barely heal Lu Xiao’s bodily injuries but cannot completely eradicate the influence of Return Nest; the help it provides is very slight.
She choked and reproachfully said, "Why did this happen to you? Why didn’t you tell me earlier?"
Lu Xiao didn’t answer again, perhaps lacking the strength to respond, as Return Nest had thoroughly erupted in his body, this time more intensely than any previous outbreak.
He gently pushed her away, staggered to his feet, walked a few steps away, and held onto a thick ancient tree, emitting a low growl akin to a trapped beast.
His fingers embedded deeply in the tree trunk, his usually calm eyes now blood-red, like a beast who has lost its sanity.
Shen Tang was frightened by his current appearance because she had never seen him show such an expression, "Ah Xiao..."
She took a few steps closer, wanting to help him but not knowing how, anxious and heartbroken beyond measure.
Lu Xiao faced away from her, his expression unclear, fingers pale, leaving a deep handprint on the tree trunk, blood faintly seeping from his fingertips.
Then, his body fell in a loss of strength.
Shen Tang quickly went over to support him, "Tell me how I can help you."
Seeing his painful, enduring look, she felt like her own body was aching.
Lu Xiao looked at the vial of medicine in his right hand, his throat rolling violently, but he closed his eyes tight, suppressing his inner desires, and handed the medicine to Shen Tang.
"Then do me a favor, Tangtang."
He said, "Keep it for me, don’t give it to me... No matter what I say, don’t give it, even if I plead or try to snatch it from you, don’t give it!"
Shen Tang nodded, safely storing the medicine, "I understand."
Lu Xiao took a deep breath, forcibly using his will to resist the pain, desperately suppressing the craving that felt like it could kill him, his body started to tremble violently.
Feeling close to losing control, Lu Xiao urgently said, "Tangtang, stay away from me."
Losing control of his sanity could lead to harmful actions.
But Shen Tang didn’t move away, instead reaching out to embrace him.
Waiting until his body slowly calmed down.